Thursday was a momentous day for baseball, a sport desperately in need of one of those, as the players and league finally came to an agreement on a new CBA, ending the owner-imposed lockout. It was great news, but, uh, what took so long? (Peter Abraham; Boston Globe)
CBAs are often hard to judge right away because they can often be rife with unintended consequences. That said, Sean McAdam tries to look at some immediate winners and losers. (Sean McAdam; Boston Sports Journal)
As Evan Drellich writes, the players made a lot of good strides in this deal and should feel good about the final outcome, though they also could justifiably feel that they could have done more.